Reflections on reading famous books

Reflections on the journey to the west.

When it comes to Journey to the West, everyone will definitely know these fragments by heart, and so will I. Once again, I took out the book The Journey to the West, which has turned slightly yellow on the shelf, and I couldn't put it down. I drank a cup of fragrant tea and didn't open a few pages. With grandpa Wu Cheng'en's wonderful description, I was attracted by the plot. After watching Journey to the West, I was deeply touched by the twists and turns of the plot and the strange experiences of Tang Priest and his disciples, which left a deep impression on me. Luo Guanzhong, the author of this book, tells the readers the story of Tang Priest's master and apprentice, who went through hardships and dangers, subduing demons and subduing demons, and gaining the true scriptures in 81 difficulties. Journey to the West shows people a colorful world of ghosts and gods, and people are all amazed by the author's rich and bold artistic imagination. However, any literary work is a reflection of a certain social life. As an outstanding representative of ghost novels, The Journey to the West can see the projection of real society everywhere through the illusory ghost world in The Journey to the West. The Monkey King is the first hero in the Journey to the West and a great hero. He has unlimited skills, fearlessness and indomitable spirit of resistance. He has the extraordinary bearing of a great hero, but he also has the disadvantage of listening to compliments. He is witty, brave and humorous. And his biggest feature is that he dares to fight. Dare to fight with the supreme jade emperor, and have the reputation of "Monkey King"; If you dare to hit a monster, you will never let go of a monster and show no mercy to the monster under the golden hoop; Dare to fight against all difficulties, never shrink back and bow. This is the Monkey King, a dazzling mythical hero. The Monkey King's just, bold and unyielding fighting spirit and superb skills are the bane of monsters, and his fearless spirit of sweeping all monsters reflects the wishes and demands of the people. He represents the power of justice and shows the people's belief in overcoming all difficulties. When it comes to Pig Bajie, his skill is far worse than that of the Monkey King, not to mention his brilliant and tall figure, but this image is also well portrayed. Pig Bajie is a cartoon character. He is honest, powerful and dare to play demons. He is the Monkey King's first right-hand man. But his mind is full of problems, delicious and delicious, taking advantage of small things, liking women and being afraid of difficulties. He often gives in, always thinking of Gao Laozhuang's daughter-in-law. He likes to lie sometimes, but he is all thumbs. From time to time, he provoked the Tang Priest to recite a spell, which made the Monkey King suffer. He even hid some private money in his ear. He has many problems, which is a bad habit of small private owners. The author's criticism of Zhu Bajie's shortcomings is severe, but it is also kind. He is not a denied figure, so people don't hate Pig, but think it is real and cute. Tang Priest and his disciples, though lacking the Monkey King's skills, Pig's activity, Friar Sand's diligence and white strength, are good in character, can read the true scriptures, are not afraid of "cutting pieces" and have firm beliefs; Although Friar Sand and Bai have no great skills, they are both diligent and hard-working, willing to be good logistics and not good at showing off. These four characters have their own characteristics and different personalities, which just form a sharp contrast, so I have to admire the author's superb writing skills. Perhaps the author's ability to portray characters is his subtlety. Among them, the Monkey King is my favorite. Because of his miraculous skills and superb skills, he succeeded in obtaining the true scriptures to protect Tang Priest, and he became a hero in my mind. Moreover, he has a rebellious mentality, and his brave spirit of fighting against powerful forces makes me appreciate it very much. It is written in the book that Tang Priest's mentoring managers experienced eighty-one difficulties, which reminds me of their persistence, courage and perseverance. This is really a spirit worth learning. Think about yourself giving up halfway, anticlimactic, and can't help but feel ashamed that you didn't stick to it like them. Perhaps this is what I lack, as long as I can finish one thing from beginning to end, whether it is success or failure, as long as I try my best to do it, it is also successful for me! Because I did it, and I stuck to it until the end.

Zweig and his decapitation complex

War can be destroyed or created. Judging from the major battles throughout the ages, the war in the three months after the war brought us not only the destruction of cities, the depression of economy and the displacement of people. As early as several centuries BC, Homer, a poet in the Aegean Sea, used his Hiriart to describe an epic war between man and god, and the romantic French bard also sang a stirring Roland song in the distant ignorance era. China, in the far east, ranks among the four fantastic books in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhou Lang, is so heroic that "laughter destroys people".

About a century ago, Austria, the country of music, was ravaged by war twice, but it was in the shadow of the war that a great writer was born, which has to be said to be a miracle. But judging from the writer's personality and character, everything is so logical.

In that demagogic era, he kept a cool head, shouted anti-war to the embattled situation, and risked his life to meet an enemy writer, romain rolland, who was his lifelong friend. He worried about the future of Europe and the world from beginning to end with the humanitarian belief of democracy and equality, but in the end, just as fascism was about to die, he both took his wife and took poison. This writer who cares about the country and the people has never been to Nobel Prize in Literature in his life, but he is loved by readers all over the world.

He is Steven Zweig.

Many people should be familiar with a letter from a strange woman. The experience of the infatuated and persistent ill-fated woman in the article is so tearful. In Zweig's brushwork, such delicate and fierce women abound. They pursue individuality and equality, and show their immature hearts and yearning for freedom in the belief of "give me liberty or give me death", whether they are unknown women, abortion women, ordinary women from the lower classes, or real ladies standing at the peak of their rule.

If a 10,000-word article can only portray a "flat" character, then Cleopatra and The Broken Queen can undoubtedly better show a multi-angle image of a woman.

Mary Stuart and Marie Antoinette, two Mary, two former French queens and two stunning beauties all died in the guillotine.

The goddess Nuon always loves to create so many coincidences, as if deliberately letting the mortals selected by the Muse discover the secrets. Then, the Muse chose Zweig among ten thousand people and asked the master of writing women to write biographies for two aristocratic women who were doomed to die on the guillotine.

It can be said that the fate of Mary Stuart and Mary Ann Tonet is legendary. As the last incarnation of an era, they will inevitably come to the end of the road. On the stage of history, since fate chose them to perform a tragedy of "falling red and dying", they can't shrink back, even if there is a cold guillotine in front of them. This is their destiny.

Fate has given these two weak women a great test, the test of times and changes. The former gave Mary Stuart a fierce religious reform, while the latter gave Marie Anne Tonet a shocking French Revolution, which was beyond the reach of Baroque and Rococo incarnations, but they were both behind the times.

Mary Stuart's father made a prediction when she died-my country, born of women, will also die of women! Young Goethe was shocked by this unfortunate mural, which showed the clue of Mary Antonette's ultimate misfortune. In fact, almost everyone has seen the tragic ending that these two queens may encounter in the future, except themselves.

These two women, who are at the forefront of the times, are trying to become the trend leaders of the times with incomparable vitality, belief in pursuing freedom and unparalleled charm, but they don't know that the abyss has come to them step by step in the dark.

As delicate as flowers, Mary Stuart and Mary Antonette are as fragile as flowers, but a bitter wind and rain is enough to make their fragile bodies fall to the ground like red flowers. But it is under this charming appearance that there are two hearts that dare to pursue, have free personality, are not bound, and have strong self-esteem. Because of this, they all admire themselves with the charm of women, not as queens or queens! You know, this charm is so unreliable, just like their gorgeous but empty appearance, like an overhead Japanese pontoon bridge, beautiful, but easy to fall.

Yes, their beauty is enough to fascinate all beings. Du Baylor once praised Mary Stuart as a Scottish rose: Look at her, my eyes, and you will be satisfied. You will never see a more beautiful creature than her. Many portraits of the queen show us such a touching face without exception: charming face, slightly pointed nose, gentle eyes, quiet red lips, not dazzling, but full of charm. God must have chosen his most precious materials when he created her. Another queen, Marie Antoinette, the embodiment of Rococo art, is not as charming as Queen Stuart. In fact, she inherited all the characteristics of the Hasberg family: flat forehead and thin lips, which made people unforgettable at a glance, especially her lovely eyes, which sometimes shed tears and sometimes were beaming. When deep myopia made her squint slightly, her eyes fluttered and swayed, which made people unforgettable.

If some modern words are used to describe these two charming women, Mary Stuart, who is studious, curious, eloquent and highly accomplished in art, can be regarded as intellectually charming, while Mary Antonette, who is addicted to fun, energetic and never associated with long meditation, can be regarded as avant-garde and lovely.

Two women with different personalities are so similar in some respects that when they finally cross different landscapes and face the cold guillotine, they show the same perseverance and dignity.

As descendants of Stuart and Hasburg dynasty, this queen and a queen showed their demeanor as kings to everyone at the last moment of their lives when the crown in their hair had fallen.

On the eve of her execution, the intelligent and knowledgeable Mary Stuart pondered the significance of her death. In fact, many years ago, the Queen embroidered a sentence on a satin skirt: My end is my beginning. At that time, of course, she couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but now, on the eve of her imminent loss of life, she understands that only her tragic death is the brilliant beginning! Catholics all over the world, as well as the Vatican, will remember her as a great martyr, and her every gesture will go down in history. At the same time, it is also the final success of Elizabeth, her enemy who has struggled for more than 20 years! It can be said that if other stars dominate her fate, she will ascend the throne of the Queen of England just like the second step of the guillotine.

However, history will not change because of the change of personal will, even if that person is a noble queen. In fact, people did not criticize Elizabeth's behavior more. Everyone respects and praises the queen who brought them into the golden age, but it is writers, historians and artists who pay attention to the tragic fate of this unfortunate queen. When Zeus abandoned her, the muses of literature and art reached out to her, just as Zweig said in his autobiography Yesterday's World: In my biography, I don't write about real life. For example, I don't write about Martin Luther, I write about Lasmo, not Elizabeth I, and I write about Mary Stuart, not Calvin, but castelo. .

But the hero of the tragedy will never be Marie Antoinette, a cynical queen who only knows how to build a fantastic Trianon with a rockhopper on her head, or freely enter and leave Paris's theaters and casinos, but never expects to gain more power. This simple and kind woman will always be like an immature child, although one day she finally understands the warning her mother once gave her; The Queen of Rococo Art will always be at the forefront of French upper-class salons and fashions. Although she sincerely hopes to stand among the people one day, it is now an irreversible turbulent era of the Great Revolution!

Just like Mary Stuart, she pursues love with a woman's instinct and nature. The queen, who has to concentrate on dressing herself and having fun because of her indescribable bed, has no respect for the throne. She doesn't know and doesn't want to know how to govern the country. Every day, she only focuses on how to become a model for all French women to dress and act as a social butterfly who goes out from the door of one salon and immediately enters the door of another dance.

What is the crown within reach for a woman who comes from an emperor's family and gains supreme status for nothing?

Mary Stuart and Marie Antoinette became great queens in Europe in their childhood and stood at the peak of their lives. What else will not fall at their feet? Everything came so easily that they formed a bold and reckless temperament. One of them is reckless and impulsive, while the other has put everything into practice without thinking, which is the difference between Elizabeth and them-the former is cautious and thorough in running the country, while the latter likes taking risks, being brave and reckless.

There is a saying: character determines fate. This whirlwind personality will inevitably lead to their tragic ending, although God gave them a crown when they were born, although these two overconfident women think that no one can take them away from their heads again, so they can give orders at will, because that is the inherent divine right! But the reality is that the guillotine finally let their crowns fall, along with their beautiful rolling heads.

Behind the differences of historical figures is a huge historical background. Mary Stuart and Mary Ann Tonet stood in the shadow of this period of history, and they themselves showed the great contradictions of this era well.

/kloc-in the 6th century, Mary Stuart, standing at the forefront, deeply felt the waves of the times for the first time. The decline of the royal family, the division of nobles, the decline of knights, and the cancer of the religious reform spread to the European continent like a plague, and even the British Isles across the strait were not spared. People gradually lose confidence in the corrupt Roman Catholic Church, but this is only a prelude to historical change! Under the cloak, there is a bigger and more turbulent undercurrent, that is, the bourgeoisie that Mary Antonette hates. They are worried that France will follow in the footsteps of Britain in 300 years.

No force can stop the progress of history. Mary Stuart, who represents the declining knight class, and Mary Antonette, who sticks to the declining feudal kingship, will eventually be submerged by the flood of the new era. Only their death can blow the horn for the arrival of another era.

History is as ruthless as the guillotine, but it is the fragrance of these two beautiful women that adds a legend and drama to the afterglow of the sunset.

Zweig wrote in the beheaded queen: the realist Elizabeth has achieved success in history and politics; Romantic Mary Stuart achieved success in poetry and legend. Yes, many playwrights in the world tend to favor people with tragic fate. For example, Sima Qian, a historian in China, praised the tragic hero Xiang Yu in his Historical Records, so it is reasonable for him to choose two tragic women, Mary Stuart and Mary Ann Tonet, as the protagonists of his biography.

He once wrote a poetic drama called "Thersites", in which Thersites, the protagonist, was the ugliest person among the Greek allied forces in the Trojan War. He is timid and talkative. He was reprimanded by Odysseus and later killed by Achilles. He is a typical non-hero, but Zweig chose him, which is the difference between him and other great poets such as Homer, and also his creative personality, that is, he never wants to praise those so-called heroes, but always pays attention to the tragedy of losers.

Zweig is good at writing tragedies, which is related to his time. He experienced two world wars, witnessed the decline of two countries, and personally experienced the destruction brought by the war to the whole of Europe. Not only the body, but also the human heart. The fear of war is as deeply imprinted in the veins of Europeans as morphine. Some people are dead, others are still alive, but they are as numb as dead. These memories gripped the hearts of sensitive writers like pythons. He can see clearly that the river is deteriorating and his heart is not ancient. He saw through the antics of clowns and the lies of emperors and literati. He doesn't want to be that kind of person. As a humanist, it is impossible for him to instigate others to participate in those cruel but glorious wars with his own pen. As a patriot, he can't watch his country turn into a haze again and again under the rule of fascism. He wants to speak his mind, and at the same time he wants to speak the voice of the times. He wanted to help others, but he helped himself first. Therefore, according to Lasmo, the most distinctive and obscure work, he said: From the moment I started to create tragedies, I no longer felt very painful about the tragedies of the times.

Therefore, rather than choosing Mary Stuart and Mary Antonette, Zweig was deeply attracted by their sufferings, their struggle against fate and their fate of being beheaded.

Reflections on Two Wan Li under the Sea

Written in 1870, Two Wan Li under the Sea is the second part of Verne's famous trilogy. The first part is Captain Grant's children, and the third part is Mystery Island. This work tells the story of Pierre Aronnax, a French biologist, traveling in the depths of the ocean. This happened in 1866, and a monster thought to be a narwhal was found at sea. He accepted the invitation to join the chase, unfortunately fell into the water during the chase and swam on the monster's back. In fact, this monster is not a narwhal, but a diving boat with wonderful structure. This diving boat was secretly built by Captain Nemo on a desert island in the middle of the ocean. It has a solid hull and uses the ocean to generate electricity. Captain Nemo invited Pierre Aronnax to travel to the bottom of the sea. They set out from the Pacific Ocean, passed through coral islands, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and entered the Atlantic Ocean. They saw many rare marine animals and plants and strange scenes in the water, and experienced many dangers such as stranding, being besieged by indigenous people, fighting with sharks, icebergs blocking roads, octopus attacks and so on. Finally, when the diving boat arrived at the Norwegian coast, Pierre Aronnax left without saying goodbye and announced to the world what he knew about the seabed. Captain Nemo, the hero of the book, is a romantic, mysterious and charming figure. Nemo built a diving boat according to his own design, snorkeling on the seabed for large-scale scientific research, but it seems that this is not the only purpose of his lonely life. He avoided enemies and persecutors, sought freedom at the bottom of the sea, and felt deep sorrow for his lonely life. It was not until the third part of the trilogy that the mystery of this mysterious figure was unveiled. This collection contains all the features of Verne's science fiction. The twists and turns, the tense and confusing storyline, the ever-changing fate of the characters, the rich and detailed scientific knowledge, and the wonderful fantasy with vivid details are all a furnace. The author's originality and ingenious layout sometimes push readers into a dangerous environment, and sometimes bring them into a beautiful realm full of poetry and painting. Magnificent scene description and detailed detail description appear alternately. It's fascinating to read, and you can't stop.

In this way, with reverence, I began to take the Nautilus submarine with Junasz, the protagonist of the book, and began his legendary underwater journey. Captain Nemo, the owner of the Nautilus, was a gloomy and learned man. They traveled together in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Antarctic and Arctic Ocean, and saw many rare underwater animals and plants, as well as underwater caves, secret passages and sites, including the famous sunken city Atlantis, an ancient civilization with a history and culture comparable to that of Greece. Nautilus set out from the Sea of Japan, entered the Pacific Ocean, Oceania, and then reached the Indian Ocean, passing through the Red Sea and Arabian Tunnel, and reached the Mediterranean Sea. The submarine crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, along the coast of Africa, and headed for the South Pole. Then go north along the coast of Latin America, follow the warm current to the North Sea, and finally disappear into the whirlpool on the west coast of Norway. During the submarine journey of nearly ten months, Nautilus sailed slowly at an average speed of 12 km per hour. I feel that I enjoyed the ever-changing wonders of the seabed with Captain Nemo and his "guests". The climax of the whole voyage is repeated: underwater hunting, underwater forest visit, underwater Atlantis ruins visit, Spanish shipwreck treasure salvage, coral kingdom funeral witness, fighting with Okumo, sharks and octopus, fighting back against the siege of indigenous people and so on. These books contain a great deal of knowledge about science, culture, geography and geology. O Junasz expressed admiration for Captain Nemo's outstanding talent and knowledge in the voyage. However, in the fascinating story, people are also warned that while seeing that science and technology benefit mankind, they should pay attention to preventing acts that are used by bad people and endanger the human crisis; Put forward the concept of caring for marine life such as seals and whales and condemning indiscriminate killing and fishing. These environmental protection topics, which are still popular today, have been called for by prophets 200 years ago. It can be seen that what leaves a deeper reflection on human justice is to let readers feel colorful adventures and vivid knowledge, and to inspire us to get more books from our hearts.

The novel appeared "monsters" from the sea, frequently attacking ships of various countries, stirring people's panic until the Nautilus was swallowed up by the Atlantic vortex, and the whole novel was full of suspense and interlocking. I was deeply attracted by this book. During the trip, Captain Nemo and I, as well as tourists, can be said to change with the development of things, sometimes fearful, sometimes relaxed and happy. The subtlety of this book lies in the complete enlightenment of knowledge of nature, although it tells a lot about the ocean. For example, the mucus secreted by a tiny creature called fenugreek in the Red Sea makes the sea water as red as blood. But none of them are deliberate, and none of them are hard for readers to accept. It's just what they saw and heard during a trip, which makes people firmly retain all kinds of ideas and gains born of scenery.

Not every science fiction novel is as readable as Two Wan Li under the Sea. As a novel that is not fabricated out of thin air, but accumulated by foresight and erudition, it not only explains their journey for readers who don't know underwater knowledge in detail, but also shows the wisdom and civilization of the ancients to later generations. The whole novel introduces scientific knowledge such as ocean current, fish, shellfish, coral, marine benthos, seaweed, marine biological circulation system, pearl production, etc., and becomes a veritable scientific enlightenment novel.